in 2006 . cambridge ' s boat club president dan o ' sha ##ugh ##nessy was the seventh light blue president not to row in his own blue boat . oxford were pre @ - @ race favourites , but cambridge won the toss and elected to start from the surrey station . oxford took an early lead , but the boats closed on each other , and umpire john garrett was forced to issue a number of warnings to both cox ##es in an attempt to prevent a collision . by craven cottage , oxford were nearly a length ahead and cambridge responded ; by the time the crews passed under hammersmith bridge they were level . along chi ##swick e ##yo ##t oxford moved ahead once
in 2006. cambridge's boat club president dan o'shaughnessy was the seventh light blue president not to row in his own blue boat. oxford were pre @ - @ race favourites, but cambridge won the toss and elected to start from the surrey station. oxford took an early lead, but the boats closed on each other, and umpire john garrett was forced to issue a number of warnings to both coxes in an attempt to prevent a collision. by craven cottage, oxford were nearly a length ahead and cambridge responded ; by the time the crews passed under hammersmith bridge they were level. along chiswick eyot oxford moved ahead once